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- Jabberwocky | The Poetry Foundation
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! The frumious Bandersnatch!” And stood awhile in thought And burbled as it came! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He went galumphing back “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh!
- Jabberwocky - Wikipedia
" Jabberwocky " is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock" It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
- Jabberwocky Full Text - Text of the Poem - Owl Eyes
Burbled is an example of an onomatopoeia The poem follows a regular meter and rhyme scheme, enhancing its sing-song quality, typical of Carroll's writing style
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll - Academy of American Poets
And the mome raths outgrabe The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! The frumious Bandersnatch!” And stood awhile in thought And burbled as it came! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He went galumphing back “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh!
- Jabberwocky Poem Summary and Analysis | LitCharts
The best Jabberwocky study guide on the planet The fastest way to understand the poem's meaning, themes, form, rhyme scheme, meter, and poetic devices
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll - Scottish Poetry Library
When I’m teaching creative writing, I often call upon ‘Jabberwocky’ to illustrate that nothing is ever too weird or nonsensical to include in a poem It never fails to get a great response from my students… particularly when I do the scary voices
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll - Poem Analysis
A nonsense poem filled with wordplay, 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll tells the story of the hero's quest to slay the Jabberwock
- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll - Your Daily Poem
Lewis loved word play and logic; many of his works include fun, nonsensical, or fantasy elements I use to read this often to my children from a book with a very eerie picture of the Jabberwocky The three of them still have this poem engraved in their minds
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